Penholder.



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APPLIUATION FILED MAE. 31, 1910.

960,373. Patented June 7,1910.

OSCAR E. MOYER, F ELGIN, ILLINOIS.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June '7, 1910.

Application filed 'March 31, 1910. Serial No. 552,601.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR E. MOYER, a citizen -of the United States, residing at Elgin, in the county of Kane, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in pen holders of the class wherein provision is made for eject-ing the penpoint without soiling the fingers of the writ-er.

With this and other objects in view, the

I invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim; and, in the drawings illust'rative of the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a pen stock with the improvement applied and a penpoint shown in position therein, F ig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with the attachments in longitudinal section, Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

A portion of the pen stock is represented at 10 of the usual construction and having a reduced forward portion 11 whereby an annular shoulder 12 is produced at the juncture of the reduced portion with the body of the stock. Secured upon the reduced portion 11 adjacent to the stock 10 is a rear sleeve 13 having an annular flange 14 at its rear end and bearing against the shoulder 12 of the stock. Secured upon the reduced portion 11 at its forward end is another sleeve 15, provided with an annular flange 16 at its rear end. The outer end of the sleeve 15 is located even with the outer end of the reduced portion 11, while the flange 16 is spaced from the outer end of the sleeve 13, as shown in Fig. 2.

Slidably disposed over the sleeve 13 and the flange 16 of the sleeve 15 is a ferrule 17, the inner end of the ferrule 17 being spaced from the flange 14 of the sleeve 13 when the outer end of the ferrule 17 is flush with the outer end of the sleeve 15 and of the reduced portion 11 of the stock, as shown in Fig. 2. The penpoint, represented at 18, is

inserted by its butt end between the sleeve 15 and the ferrule 17 and bears at its end against the flange 16 and is limited in its inward movement thereby. By this means the pen-point is firmly supported in position for writing and prevented from undue inward movement by the flange 16. l/Vhen the pen-point becomes broken or impaired the writer simply moves the ferrule 17 inwardly until its inner end bears against the flange 14, which movement will release the penpoint and permit it to drop, the pen-point being thus ejected without the necessity for the writer touching the same with his lingers. The ferrule 17 is then moved outwardly into its former position and a new pen-point inserted. Y

The members 13-15 and 17 are of metal in the usual form while the stock 10 and its reduced portion 11 are of wood, or may be of hard rubber, Celluloid or other material usually employed for pen stocks.

The improved device is simple in construction, and can be manufactured at no material increase of expense over an ordinary pen holder.

What is claimed is A pen stock having a reduced terminal with a lateral shoulder at the juncture thereof with the body of the stock, an inner sleeve at the inner end of the reduced portion and having a flange at one end and secured upon said reduced portion and bearing at its flanged end against said shoulder, another sleeve secured upon the reduced stock portion at the outer end thereof and formed with a lateral flange at its inner end, and a ferrule slidable over said sleeves and the flange of the outer sleeve, the inner end of said ferrule being spaced from the flange of the inner sleeve when the outer end of the ferrule is even with the outer end of the outer sleeve, a pen point being adapted to be held between the ferrule and the outer sleeve and against the flange of the outer sleeve and releasable by moving the ferrule over the inner sleeve.

In testimony whereof, I alliX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR E. MGYER.

Witnesses:

R. KRAMER, E. H. HELD. 

